The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 15, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
2:49 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 587
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.7° / 57.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.33° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.16° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.